Rosny Barn
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
"Light Forest" commissioned as part of Vivid Sydney 2023. Displaying a total of 16 stump and trunk lights of varying heights at Barangaroo Reserve.
Alternative Sensory World: A Conversation with Keynote Speaker Duncan Meerding. Photographer Credit: Marinco Kojdanovski
Duncan Meerding Showcase at Euroluce, Milan, 2019
Part of the Venice Biennale
Duncan Meerding Design at Euroluce, Milan, 2017
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
​
Upcoming events and exhibitions
The Duncan Meerding Workshop/Studio has open studio events periodically. Some of which as part of the annual Open House Hobart event, organised by the Australian Institute of Architects. Drop Duncan and the team an email if you want to find out when the next likely Open Studio event will be or when Duncan will have works exhibited next.
​​​
​Previous exhibitions & events
December 2024 back to December 2014
Designed: made, makers market showcase.
Yearly participation in the Hobart Town Hall designer/maker event.
​
November 2024
National Festival of Design, - Building Designers Association of Australia
Hobart Hosted National Conference: Keynote Speaker
​​
June 2024
Design Show Australia – Trade Exposition
Sydney, Australia
​​
October 2023
Clarence Prize Finalist Exhibition
Rosny Barn, Tasmania
​
August 2023
Beaker Street ‘Light Forest’ Feature Art and ‘UnSeen by Design’ Panel with Emma Bennison and Zoe Partington, conversation facilitated by Natasha Mitchel
Hobart, Australia
​
July 2023
Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
​
May- June 2023
‘Light Forest’ immersive light installation commissioned work
Vivid Sydney Light Walk.
Click here to have a look through the ‘Light Forest’
​
August 2022 and July 2019
Guest Teaching Fellow and Lecturer Architecture Beyond Sight, The Bartlett School of Architecture and Design, University College of London and the Dis-Ordinary Architecture Project.
Click here for more info about this project.
​
December 2021
35 Years of Designed Objects Tasmania (DOT) Exhibition
Social Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre.
​
August - September 2021
Moonah Arts Centre, Tasmania, Australia
​
July - August 2021
Winter Light Festival Feature Light installations, Salamanca Arts Centre,
Tasmania, Australia
​
May 2021
Ability to Create opening keynote speech and guest exhibitor, Hobart City Hall
Hobart City Hall – Organised by Hobart City Council
Tasmania, Australia
​
June 2020
Tasmanian Salon, curated Design Tasmania event as part of Den Fair 2.0, National Online event
Tasmania section hosted by Design Tasmania (Launceston)
​
​November 2019
Speaker at Visible City: inclusion, access and empowerment event.
Canberra Design Festival
​​​
August 2019
Arts Activated Conference: Speaker on New Technologies in Design
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney​​
​
June 2019
Annual General Meeting
Organised by Friends and Associates
Curated by Dale Hardiman and Tom Skeehan
Melbourne
​
April 2019
Euroluce
Salone Del Mobil, Milan
​
March 2019
Sydney Design Festival Talk and Exhibit:
'Alternative Sensory World: A Conversation With Duncan Meerding'
May - November 2018
Venice Design 2018 (part of the Venice Biennale)
Venice, Italy
Take the virtual tour here
November 2018
Exhibitor and presenter
Sambhav International Arts and Disability Conference
New Delhi, India
April - May 2018
Rosny Barn, Tasmania
February – March 2018
Lightheaded: New Directions in Fine Craft Lighting
Florida ArtCraft Centre, Florida USA
September 2017 – January 2018
Contemporary Lighting Exhibition
The Centre for Furniture Craftsmanship, Maine, USA
Read the essay about the exhibition
View online catalogue
July 2017
In House
Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart
June 2017
Design Institute of Australia Curation for DEN Fair
Melbourne
​
April 2017
Salone Del Mobil, Milan
​
May 2016
produce:produce
Rosny Barn, Hobart
​
March 2016
Tasmania Exhibition
KreativHaus H6, Böhl-Iggelheim, Germany
​
March 2016
Light+Building Trade Show
Messe Frankfurt, Germany
​
September 2015
produce:produce Exhibition
Design Centre Tasmania, Launceston
​
November 2014
Inform - Co-Curator and Exhibitor
Long Gallery, Hobart
​
November 2014
LAMP - Top 10 Finalists Exhibition
Vancouver, Canada
​
May 2014
DesignEx - Nest14
Glebe Island, Sydney
​
April 2014
From the Side (Solo Exhibition)
Sidespace Gallery, Hobart
​
August 2013
Holding Exhibition
Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
​
May 2013
Object Future
Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
​
March 2013
Objects in Place
Hobart, Tasmania
​
February 2013 - August 2014
Wood: Art/Design/Architecture
Australian Tour
Organised by the Jam Factory Adelaide
​
August 2012
Prototyped
Hobart, Tasmania
​
August 2011
Off-Track, a collaboration with Zach Sonstegaard
Hobart, Tasmania
​
March 2011
Furnished
Hobart, Tasmania
​
August 2010
New Designers
Mittagong, NSW
​
April 2010
Living
Hobart, Tasmania
​
2008
Enhance
Hobart, Tasmania